En/na Alex ha escrit:
So I took all of your advice and then read some books. I finally got
my courage back and went to my local chess club to play in another
tournament. But I got clobbered again. They even let me play white
three times for some reason. I did my homework and looked up the
openings; now I know the variations that my opponents played. What am
I doing wrong in my games?? Why can't I beat any of these players at
my local chess club? It is really frustrating...You gotta help me,
please!!!


For example, have you revised your games?

Maybe in some of them you can CAPTURE a whole rook. (vs a 550 higher)

Here you have my advice: do not study My system, revise that games,
annotate them, study tactics, continue playing

AT

Round 4:
White: Me 1210
Black: 1765

[Opening "Caro-Kann: Steinitz variation"]
[ECO "B17"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4
7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Qe2 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 Qc7
12. h3 h6 13. Bd2 b6 14. Bc3 Bb7 15. Qg4 O-O-O 16. Qxg7 Rdg8
17. Qf6 c5 18. Rad1 Rg6 19. Qh4 Bxf3 20.dxc5 Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Rh2+
22. Kg1 Rg2+ 23. Kh1 Rg4# Ouch!!